February 23, 2014



El Greco, St Martin and the Beggar, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1597-99


 

Give to everyone who begs from you, and do not refuse anyone who wants to borrow from you [NRSV, Matthew 5:42].


Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
 

Seventh Sunday after Epiphany

Click to go immediately to: 

1) The Music Programme Homepage


2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist, Eucharistie chantée and Evensong


3) The Concert Calendar



 
The organ voluntaries and motets for evensong this coming Sunday, February 23, are the work of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford.


Sir Charles Villiers Stanford: Sacred Choral Music is a three disc recording by Hyperion Records available for online listening by the Classical Music Library.


Performance of the Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill conducting and Stephen Farr, organ; unless other individual artists are specified.


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Important: Individual cardholders belonging to the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec (Montreal), ready to open their record (dossier) online when prompted, if they have clicked on a particular [CML], will go to the page or music selection indicated.


The Classical Music Library is not available through the Bibliothèques de Montréal.


Many of the works are followed by [YouTube].  Clicking on [YouTube] will take one immediately to the particular work performed by a wide variety of artists.


Click to go to the Hyperion Record digital booklet.


The Cambridge Years (1870-1892)


Morning, Communion & Evening Services for 4 voices, chorus & organ in B flat major, Op. 10


Magnificat [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]
Nunc dimittis [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]


The Lord Is My Shepherd [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]


Motets (3) for chorus, Op. 38
Justorum animae [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]
Coelos ascendit hodie [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]
Beati quorum via [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]


Evening Service (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) in A major, Op. 12


Magnificat [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]
Nunc dimittis [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]


If thou shalt confess, Op. 37/2 [text] [CML] (info)  (Christopher Monks, organ) [YouTube]


Evening Service (Magnificat and Nunc dimittis), for 4 voices (& optional organ) in F major, Op. 36


Magnificat [text] [CML] (info)
Nunc dimittis [text] [CML] (info)


And I saw another angel, Op. 37/1 [text] [CML] (info)  (William Kendall, tenor; Christopher Monks, organ) [YouTube]


Pater noster [text] [CML] (info)


Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in E flat major


Magnificat [text] [CML] (info)  (Christopher Monks, organ)
Nunc dimittis [text] [CML] (info)  (Christopher Monks, organ)


Morning, Communion & Evening Services for 4 voices, chorus & organ in B flat major, Op. 10


Jubilate [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]
Te Deum [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]


The Edwardian Years (1902-1910)


Evening Service (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) in G major, Op. 81


Magnificat [text] [CML] (info)  (Kenan Burrows, treble) [YouTube]
Nunc dimittis [text] [CML] (info) (Donald Sweeney, bass) [YouTube]


Biblical Songs and Anthems (6) for voice, chorus & organ, Op. 113


No. 1a: A Song of Freedom [text] [CML] (info)  (William Kendall, tenor; David Hill, organ) [YouTube]
No. 1b: Let us with a gladsome mind [text] [CML] (info) (Christopher Monks, organ)
No. 2a. A Song of Trust [text] [CML] (info)  (William Kendall, tenor; David Hill, organ)
No. 2b: Purest and highest [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]
No. 3a: A Song of Hope [text] [CML] (info)   (William Kendall, tenor; David Hill, organ) [YouTube]
No. 3b: In thee is gladness [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]
No. 4a: A Song of Peace [text]  [CML] (info) (William Kendall, tenor; David Hill, organ) [YouTube]
No. 4b: Pray that Jerusalem [text] [CML] (info)
No. 5a: A Song of Battle [text]  [CML] (info) (William Kendall, tenor; David Hill, organ)
No. 5b: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty [text] [CML] (info) (Christopher Monks, organ)
No. 6a: A Song of Wisdom [text] [CML] (info)  (William Kendall, tenor; David Hill, organ) [YouTube]
No. 6b: O for a closer walk with God [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]


Morning Service (Te Deum, Benedictus, Jubilate) in C major, Op. 115


Te Deum [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]
Benedictus [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]
Jubilate [text] [CML] (info)


The Georgian Years (1911-1924)


Evening Service (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) in C major, Op. 115


Magnificat [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]
Nunc dimittis [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]


Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem, Easter anthem, Op. 123 [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]


Gloria in Excelsis from Festal Communion Service, Op. 128 [text] [CML] (info) (Kenan Burrows, treble) [YouTube]


I bind unto myself today (St. Patrick's Breastplate) [text] [CML] (info) (organ solo) [YouTube]


Motets (3) for unaccompanied chorus, Op. 135


No. 03, Glorious and Powerful God [text] [CML] (info)
No. 02, Eternal Father [text] [CML] (info)


For Lo, I Raise Up, anthem, Op. 145 [text] [CML] (info) (Kenan Burrows, treble; William Kendall, tenor)


Magnificat for chorus in B flat major, Op. 164 [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]


Lighten our darkness [text] [CML] (info) (Christopher Monks, organ)


How beauteous are their feet, anthem [text] [CML] (info) [YouTube]

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McGill University Noon-Hour Organ Recital Series



The Wolff organ of Redpath Hall - Admission Free

Fridays from January 24 to February 28 at 12:30 pm:


Friday, February 21: John Grew 
Programme
 
Friday, February 28: Hans-Ola Ericsson
and Lena Weman, baroque flute


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Charles Tournemire, L'orgue mystique: Easter Cycle, Op. 56: No. 12 and 13



Mass of Septuagesima

Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
Offertory  [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube] 
Communion [YouTube] 
Clameurs and Choral  [YouTube]
Mass of Sexagesima

Prelude for the Introit [YouTube]
Offertory  [YouTube]
Elevation [YouTube]
Communion [YouTube]
Fresco  [YouTube]

Click for the entire performance of L'Orgue mystique by Georges Delvallée.

  

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Click to go to Bach Cantatas for Online Listening.
 
Bach Cantatas for Septuagesima Sunday:
 

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke / I am content with my luck,
Cantata 84, with performances by Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Herreweghe, Leusink, and Scherchen.
 
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Ich habe in Gottes Herz und Sinn / I have surrendered to God's heart and mind, Cantata 92, with performances by Gardiner, Leonhardt, Leusink, and Richter.
 
Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin / Take what is yours and go on your way, Cantata 144, with performances by Gardiner, Leonhardt, Leusink, Marriner, and Suzuki.
Bach Cantatas for Sexagesima Sunday:




Vincent Van Gogh, Enclosed Field with a Sower in the Rain, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 1890

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt / Just as the rain and snow fall from heaven, Cantata 18, with performances by GardinerJürgensKoopmanLeusink and Thomas.

Click to go to Johann Sebastian BachErhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort / Preserve us, Lord, with your word, Cantata 126, with performances by GardinerHarnoncourtLeusinkRichter and Rilling.

Click to go to Johann Sebastian Bach, Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister / Scatterbrained frivolous people,
Cantata 181, with performances by GardinerLeonhardt and Leusink.